NGOs Welcome Release of Refugees

Human rights organisations have welcomed the release of more than 300 Zimbabwean refugees, saying their arrests have been unreasonable.

In a joint press statement, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and the AIDS Law Project (ALP), point out that, "Dropping the spurious charges of loitering strengthens our conviction that homeless people are being targeted just because they are homeless and vulnerable."

The arrests caused an outcry from human rights organisations with the LHR, LRC and ALP describing them as "heavy-handed" while Doctors Without Borders criticised the police for mishandling the people when arresting them.

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